Alex:Anime series about a high school where grades are determined by academic prowess and success in fights between students “Avatars” – magical beings powered by their academic abilitiy. The “baka” (Japanese for idiot) bit has to do with the fact that our heroes are in class “F” (as in the grade scale). The Special Edition comes with a magnetic dry-erase board.

Blaine: I haven’t seen the Extremis motion comic, but the paper comic was great. Spider-Woman was the only Marvel product designed to be a motion comic from the start, and it was very well done, though I recommend being familiar with Secret Invasion before watching it.

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “This week I’m going for the MST3K Gamera collection, as the Gamera films were probably some of MST3K’s best episodes.” Blaine says, “There’s nothing on this week’s list, but there’s at least one worthwhile title every week for the rest of the month, including several next week, so I’d suggest holding off.”